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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4993539 | Screw feeding devices The invention provides a length of feed screw for connection between two straight lengths of screw conveyor, the length of feed screw being of a material which can be flexed, but being slotted to facilitate bending of the length of feed screw so that the ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4969348 | Feed system for a redraw press This invention provides a feed system comprising a base on which a portion of the article being fed rests. The base extends along a feed path for the article. The feed system also includes at least one rotatable feed screw lying in an axis parallel to the... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4823937 | Auger including a step contruction designed for attachment thereto A step construction for an auger tube comprises a clamp which clamps around the auger tube at a position spaced from the hopper at the lower end of the auger tube. A flat step member is pivotally coupled to the clamp and includes a leg at an end remote fr... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4819348 | Ditch forming machine The present invention relates to a ditch forming machine and is specifically concerned with providing such a machine for forming the oppositely sloping sides of a ditch in a single pass. Prior art machines could only form one side of the ditch at a time w... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4708567 | Motive power device for a delivery device for a silo or a similar upright container Motive power device for a delivery device located at the base of an upright silo in the shape of a worm screw rotatable about its longitudinal axis, which is swivelable around a central bearing across a circular annularly shaped bottom surface of the silo... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4604251 | Method and apparatus for indicating dimensional relationships in plastic material feeding device during operation An apparatus and method for indicating wear or misalignment between a screw and barrel in a plastic material feeder includes forming an aperture in a side wall of the barrel and positioning a proximity detecting probe in the aperture. The probe generates ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4487310 | Metal detector device for auger feed granulators A metal detector device for an auger feed granulator is provided in association with the auger trough and comprises a plurality of first conductive plate elements in spaced-apart disposition axially along the bottom portion of the auger trough and a plura... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4477295 | Method for fabricating conveyor worms or the like A method of fabricating conveyor or feed worms, especially those used in plastic processing machines, containing a tough steel core and a high wear resistant plating. Initially, there is fabricated a compound metal blank by forging or hot rolling a substa... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4471528 | Tufting button upholstery machine An upholstery machine for the tufting of buttons within cushions wherein a needle picks up a string loop which is attached to a lower button and is then caused to penetrate the cushion. The needle is withdrawn and the string loop secured to an upper butto... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4456305 | Shield tunneling machine A shield tunneling machine having incorporated therein an earth removing apparatus which comprises a tubular casing having an earth inlet at one end and a closable earth outlet at the other end, and an earth transport conveyor rotatably provided within th... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4454943 | Auger housing construction An auger housing assembly for converging material along a path has a conduit within which is located a rotary auger. The conduit has at its lower side an elongate slot through which it may pass. Such slot normally is closed by a split sleeve member carrie... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4436518 | Metal trough A flanged trough is provided having flanges along each side of the trough with a smooth continuous curve between the flanges and the body of the trough and a bar of metal welded along the underside of each longitudinal edge of the metal sheet before the f... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4342269 | Material treating apparatus utilizing an auger having an internal air supply and heat transfer system A material treating apparatus, such as an incinerator, incorporating an auger having an internal air supply system and an internal heat transfer mechanism. The incinerator includes a cylindrical combustion chamber containing a rotatable auger, and waste m... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4192418 | Auger conveyer An auger conveyer having an elongated auger shaft with closely spaced spirally wound bristles having their base ends affixed to the shaft and having the bristle tips extending outwardly from the shaft. A tubular housing extends from the input end of the s... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4186832 | Conveyor for handling free-flowing material An improved conveyor for handling free-flowing material wherein the conveyor includes an endless chain with flights thereon or a screw. The conveyor having a metal round bottom trough receiving a "U" shaped liner contoured to fit on top of the trough. A p... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4170287 | Magnetic auger A magnetic auger in the form of a cylinder having one or more magnetic helices in the surface thereof is disclosed for transporting ferromagnetic particles such as toner particles used in magnetography.... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4128160 | Leak free housing for vertical screw conveyor A vertical joint structure is shown extending longitudinally of a generally cylindrical housing encasing a screw conveyor for a breading machine or the like. The housing comprises two generally C-shape half portions formed of sheet metal and assembled by ... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4090604 | Cover construction A cover for material handling equipment including a lower and upper cover plate disposed in overlapping relationship and having means thereon adapted to engage a flange element on the material handling equipment so as to form a seal.... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4089405 | Lead making machine having improved feeding means Apparatus for crimping terminals onto the ends of wires comprises a loading station at which the wires are serially loaded into a groove in a rotating drum. During rotation of the drum, the wires are moved laterally to a wire feeding station at which each... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4062106 | Method for singling out and serially feeding electrical leads A hopper funnels a plurality of electrical leads one on top the other and serially drops the leads onto a rotating cylindrical feed roller. The roller is provided with a helical groove which picks off individual leads and transports them transversely of t... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4017241 | Notched-flight feeder screws for briquetting operation Frictional drag on the feeder screw of a briquetting press is reduced and a concomitant reduction in feeder screw drive power requirements is realized by providing all but the lowermost flight on the feeder screw with regularly spaced notches to allow the... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4004490 | Structure for article handling systems An ammunition handling system is disclosed having a helical fin of substantially folded plate cross-section made from continuous rectangular ribbons of stock material.... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3998318 | Extruder screw An extruder screw has a portion of the flight thereof composed of a titanium carbide/steel composite of a hardness Rc 55-68 to extend the life of the screw when used to extrude filled plastics material.... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3987561 | Auger mounting for auger scraper A self-loading auger scraper has a sealed auger supporting bearing assembly that includes a fixed lower housing secured to the floor of the scraper bowl and an upper housing rotatably mounted in bearings in the lower housing. An auger drive means is suppo... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3982623 | Pick off device An improved pick off device adapted to transfer open mouth hook type work supports (e.g., hangers) from an extended length screw conveyor onto a branch support member (e.g., a slide rod), the support member branching off from the screw conveyor at an angl... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3932941 | Rotating machine wear gauge means The present invention relates to detection and measurement of wear in machines having relatively rotating housings and parts such as radially extending blades subject to wear which may exceed a critical degree, and in particular to the measurement and pre... | 01/20/1976 |
